Patrick Crispen
@crispen.bsky.social
So, I was at Sports Clips in South Pasadena. They were playing ESPN’s Roll Tide/War Eagle documentary. About 15 minutes in, one of the stylists CHANGED THE CHANNEL.
Anyway, this is a roundabout way to ask: does anyone know any good criminal defense attorneys? Asking for a friend.
Anyway, this is a roundabout way to ask: does anyone know any good criminal defense attorneys? Asking for a friend.
November 30, 2025 at 11:20 PM
So, I was at Sports Clips in South Pasadena. They were playing ESPN’s Roll Tide/War Eagle documentary. About 15 minutes in, one of the stylists CHANGED THE CHANNEL.
Anyway, this is a roundabout way to ask: does anyone know any good criminal defense attorneys? Asking for a friend.
Anyway, this is a roundabout way to ask: does anyone know any good criminal defense attorneys? Asking for a friend.
This seems relevant.
Source: Department of Defense (sic) Law of War Manual: ogc.osd.mil/Portals/99/d...
Source: Department of Defense (sic) Law of War Manual: ogc.osd.mil/Portals/99/d...
November 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This seems relevant.
Source: Department of Defense (sic) Law of War Manual: ogc.osd.mil/Portals/99/d...
Source: Department of Defense (sic) Law of War Manual: ogc.osd.mil/Portals/99/d...
As we gather around the Thanksgiving table, let’s set aside our differences and instead come together over the one thing that truly unites us: our shared hope that Dallas loses.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM
As we gather around the Thanksgiving table, let’s set aside our differences and instead come together over the one thing that truly unites us: our shared hope that Dallas loses.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Baseball trivia: every team that won game 7 went on to win the World Series.
November 2, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Baseball trivia: every team that won game 7 went on to win the World Series.
2025 in a nutshell.
Truck hauling ‘aggressive’ monkeys carrying herpes and COVID overturns in Mississippi
According to authorities, the Rhesus monkeys were on their way to a testing facility in Florida after being at Tulane University.
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October 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
2025 in a nutshell.
Gentlemen in England now-a-bed shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here, and hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks that fought with us upon Saint Crispin's [sic] day.
October 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Gentlemen in England now-a-bed shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here, and hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks that fought with us upon Saint Crispin's [sic] day.
Since I am supposed to practice what I'd do during a real earthquake, I figured I'd run to social media and quickly post "EARTHQUAKE!"
This concludes this test of the emergency earthquake notification system serving the Los Angeles area.
This concludes this test of the emergency earthquake notification system serving the Los Angeles area.
October 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Since I am supposed to practice what I'd do during a real earthquake, I figured I'd run to social media and quickly post "EARTHQUAKE!"
This concludes this test of the emergency earthquake notification system serving the Los Angeles area.
This concludes this test of the emergency earthquake notification system serving the Los Angeles area.
Can someone please go nudge Billie Joe Armstrong? It's that time again. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGhw...
Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Green Day
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October 1, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Can someone please go nudge Billie Joe Armstrong? It's that time again. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGhw...
"When you wish upon a star."
Tonight's Space X Falcon 9 launch as seen from Disneyland. Photo credit: Reddit user ErinRisi
Tonight's Space X Falcon 9 launch as seen from Disneyland. Photo credit: Reddit user ErinRisi
September 29, 2025 at 3:32 AM
"When you wish upon a star."
Tonight's Space X Falcon 9 launch as seen from Disneyland. Photo credit: Reddit user ErinRisi
Tonight's Space X Falcon 9 launch as seen from Disneyland. Photo credit: Reddit user ErinRisi
"I feel the need ... the need for speed."
September 28, 2025 at 1:38 AM
"I feel the need ... the need for speed."
This one is for my educator friends. Yesterday, Ethan Mollick shared a recent NBER article on AI detection that (tl;dr) found Pangram produced nearly zero false positives:
www.nber.org/papers/w32939 ... 1/3
www.nber.org/papers/w32939 ... 1/3
The Effect of Inflation Uncertainty on Household Expectations and Spending
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
September 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This one is for my educator friends. Yesterday, Ethan Mollick shared a recent NBER article on AI detection that (tl;dr) found Pangram produced nearly zero false positives:
www.nber.org/papers/w32939 ... 1/3
www.nber.org/papers/w32939 ... 1/3
This won't make any sense unless you play Pokémon Go, but ...
770 days after my son first introduced me to Pokémon GO on a train ride around Disneyland (July 30, 2023 — Poliwag Community Day!), I finally hit Level 50 (the max level ... for the next month or so). ... 1/4
770 days after my son first introduced me to Pokémon GO on a train ride around Disneyland (July 30, 2023 — Poliwag Community Day!), I finally hit Level 50 (the max level ... for the next month or so). ... 1/4
September 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This won't make any sense unless you play Pokémon Go, but ...
770 days after my son first introduced me to Pokémon GO on a train ride around Disneyland (July 30, 2023 — Poliwag Community Day!), I finally hit Level 50 (the max level ... for the next month or so). ... 1/4
770 days after my son first introduced me to Pokémon GO on a train ride around Disneyland (July 30, 2023 — Poliwag Community Day!), I finally hit Level 50 (the max level ... for the next month or so). ... 1/4
Hat tip to Google Gemini 2.5 Flash (aka Nano Banana) for the laugh.
August 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Hat tip to Google Gemini 2.5 Flash (aka Nano Banana) for the laugh.
Don't say I didn't warn you.
July 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Don't say I didn't warn you.
One of the most predictable (and infinitely repeatable) internet panics is moral outrage over social media terms of service. Why are they so broad? Because they have to be. ... 1/2
So even when a company has no intention of doing monstrous things with your content, you tend to get licenses that let them do so if they want - not out of malice, but out of CYA and resource-management.
/fin
/fin
July 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
One of the most predictable (and infinitely repeatable) internet panics is moral outrage over social media terms of service. Why are they so broad? Because they have to be. ... 1/2
This still remains one of my favorite bits of trivia.
In preparation for the 1984 Summer Olympic Games, Los Angeles became the first major city in the world to sync all of its traffic lights citywide.
The synchronization program was completed in (checks notes) .... 2013.
In preparation for the 1984 Summer Olympic Games, Los Angeles became the first major city in the world to sync all of its traffic lights citywide.
The synchronization program was completed in (checks notes) .... 2013.
LA Has Become the First Major City to Sync All Its Traffic Lights
The long-ago traffic promise of the 1984 Olympics has finally been fulfilled: yesterday in Historic South-Central, Mayor Villaraigosa switched on the last Los Angeles traffic signals to get...
la.curbed.com
July 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This still remains one of my favorite bits of trivia.
In preparation for the 1984 Summer Olympic Games, Los Angeles became the first major city in the world to sync all of its traffic lights citywide.
The synchronization program was completed in (checks notes) .... 2013.
In preparation for the 1984 Summer Olympic Games, Los Angeles became the first major city in the world to sync all of its traffic lights citywide.
The synchronization program was completed in (checks notes) .... 2013.
Happy Cinco de Mayo Eve, rebel scum.
May 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Happy Cinco de Mayo Eve, rebel scum.
Some completely uninformed thoughts on DeepSeek (and for the techies who follow me, please let me know what I have gotten wrong): 🧵1/7
January 28, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Some completely uninformed thoughts on DeepSeek (and for the techies who follow me, please let me know what I have gotten wrong): 🧵1/7
Apparently, I am no longer good at multitasking. I am in the drive thru at Chick-fil-A while also programming my GPS to take us to Disneyland.
Them: “Welcome to Chick-fil-A. Can I get a name for the order?”
Me: “Mickey and Friends Parking Structure … wait, no …”
Them: “Welcome to Chick-fil-A. Can I get a name for the order?”
Me: “Mickey and Friends Parking Structure … wait, no …”
January 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Apparently, I am no longer good at multitasking. I am in the drive thru at Chick-fil-A while also programming my GPS to take us to Disneyland.
Them: “Welcome to Chick-fil-A. Can I get a name for the order?”
Me: “Mickey and Friends Parking Structure … wait, no …”
Them: “Welcome to Chick-fil-A. Can I get a name for the order?”
Me: “Mickey and Friends Parking Structure … wait, no …”
Res publica amissa.
January 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Res publica amissa.
The recent SoCal windstorm left Pasadena with a year’s worth of green waste debris—branches, bushes, and leaves—in just two days. Citywide cleanup is expected to take 6-8 weeks. More details: www.cityofpasadena.net/city-manager...
City of Pasadena Announces Windstorm Debris Pickup - Office of the City Manager
www.cityofpasadena.net
January 14, 2025 at 2:35 AM
The recent SoCal windstorm left Pasadena with a year’s worth of green waste debris—branches, bushes, and leaves—in just two days. Citywide cleanup is expected to take 6-8 weeks. More details: www.cityofpasadena.net/city-manager...
Check out these hyper-detailed satellite images of the destruction caused by last week’s fires in Los Angeles:
Palisades Fire: wilg.github.io/la-fire-maps...
Eaton Fire: wilg.github.io/la-fire-maps...
Zoom in to street level and drag the map to see different neighborhoods. 1/4
Palisades Fire: wilg.github.io/la-fire-maps...
Eaton Fire: wilg.github.io/la-fire-maps...
Zoom in to street level and drag the map to see different neighborhoods. 1/4
Los Angeles Palisades Fire, 2025-01-10 10:36 AM Pacific
wilg.github.io
January 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Check out these hyper-detailed satellite images of the destruction caused by last week’s fires in Los Angeles:
Palisades Fire: wilg.github.io/la-fire-maps...
Eaton Fire: wilg.github.io/la-fire-maps...
Zoom in to street level and drag the map to see different neighborhoods. 1/4
Palisades Fire: wilg.github.io/la-fire-maps...
Eaton Fire: wilg.github.io/la-fire-maps...
Zoom in to street level and drag the map to see different neighborhoods. 1/4
After two nights in Buena Park, we’re back home in Pasadena. The Eaton Fire is still active, having burned 13,690 acres (21 square miles) with 0% containment. The fire is currently making an uphill run toward Mt. Wilson, but thankfully, no losses have been reported there. 1/4
January 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
After two nights in Buena Park, we’re back home in Pasadena. The Eaton Fire is still active, having burned 13,690 acres (21 square miles) with 0% containment. The fire is currently making an uphill run toward Mt. Wilson, but thankfully, no losses have been reported there. 1/4
Remember the 2018 Hawaii false missile alert? LA just experienced a false alert of its own. An 'Evacuation Warning' emergency alert was mistakenly sent to all residents of LA County followed shortly by another alert telling everyone to disregard the previous alert. www.latimes.com/california/s...
January 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Remember the 2018 Hawaii false missile alert? LA just experienced a false alert of its own. An 'Evacuation Warning' emergency alert was mistakenly sent to all residents of LA County followed shortly by another alert telling everyone to disregard the previous alert. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Reposted by Patrick Crispen
BREAKING: The Pacific Palisades fire is now the most destructive in Los Angeles city history, with an estimated 1,000 structures destroyed.
Follow AP's live coverage.
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Live updates: Pacific Palisades wildfire is most destructive in LA history with at least 1,000 structures burned
The Palisades fire, Pasadena's Eaton fire and Hurst fire in the San Fernando Valley are raging in the Los Angeles area, fueled by powerful Santa Ana winds. At least two people are dead and over 1,000 ...
apnews.com
January 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
BREAKING: The Pacific Palisades fire is now the most destructive in Los Angeles city history, with an estimated 1,000 structures destroyed.
Follow AP's live coverage.
apnews.com/live/live-up...
Follow AP's live coverage.
apnews.com/live/live-up...